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XML External Entity Reference in apache jena

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 6, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 13, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.jena:jena (Maven)

Affected versions

= 4.4.0

Patched versions

4.5.0

Description

A vulnerability in the RDF/XML parser of Apache Jena allows an attacker to cause an external DTD to be retrieved. This issue affects Apache Jena version 4.4.0 only. Apache Jena 4.2.x and 4.3.x do not allow external entities.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 5, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 6, 2022
Reviewed May 24, 2022
Last updated Oct 13, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-28890

GHSA ID

GHSA-gchv-364h-r896

Source code

Credits

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